Technology

The inside story of how Uber fought New York’s City Hall and won

In this excerpt from Bradley Tusk’s new book, The Fixer, the investor reveals how he helped Uber win over the city’s power elite.

Here are iOS 12’s best new features

Apple’s free operating-system update has a lot to offer—even if your iPhone or iPad is a few years old.

Is content validation the next growth industry?

In this era of disinformation, dissembling, and deepfakes, emerging technologies that restore our trust in online content could make for booming new businesses.

BMW’s Vision iNext concept car is the ultimate self-driving machine

Coming to a showroom near you for 2021, this car has a living room-like cabin and out-there tech such as gesture control via touch-sensitive seating.

Ted Nelson’s old junk mail is a treasure trove for tech nerds

With petition, protest targets IBM over NYPD surveillance technology

Take Apple’s advice: Don’t rush to buy a new iPhone

The best iPhone is the one you already paid for—running the latest software.

GM’s Mary Barra on 4 trends that will shape the future of transportation

General Motors is bulking up on software and battery engineers as it races toward the future.

How Google is breaking EU privacy law, according to a new complaint

A new legal complaint argues that personal data is being dispersed across wide networks of ad providers in violation of Europe’s privacy regulation.

Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy

Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an issue user privacy would become. Now it’s at least as important a feature as shiny industrial design or a nice camera.

The hunt for red tide relies upon AI and retirees

Microscope-equipped iPods and a NASA-funded app allow volunteers to assist in warning beachgoers, tourists, and researchers of harmful algae blooms.

Making sense of the most confusing new iPhone lineup ever

The days when choosing an iPhone was easy may be over–but not without reason.

Should you buy the new Apple Watch? A decision calculator

Is the new Watch worth your time? We’ll help you think through the major issues. Either way, and apart from five hundred bucks, you can’t really lose.

How Apple is trying to reduce e-waste with its new iPhones

Apple’s budget-friendly iPhone Xr will start at $749

Inbox, Google’s playground for email innovation, is going bye-bye

Apple debuts larger, faster iPhone Xs and massive iPhone Xs Max

New Apple Watch Series 4 adds more than 30% additional display space

DARPA pledges millions to scour a surge of satellite photos

The award to Descartes Labs, a Los Alamos spinoff, is part of a DARPA push to build efficient cloud systems for processing big volumes of geospatial data.